This is a continuation of the halftime recap of the Golden State Warriors at the Indiana Pacers.
The Warriors took a 61-42 lead into the third quarter.
Q3: Methodical Dismantling
Zaza Pachulia got a dunk assisted by Draymond Green to start the third quarter, Klay Thompson drilled a three, and Monta Ellis lost the ball on a dribble to Green, who outlet to Stephen Curry for the fast break layup, and the Warriors had a 68-44 lead with 9:54 remaining as Pacers head coach Nate McMillan called timeout.
After another jumper by Thompson, this time over Ellis, Pachulia duped Al Jefferson into a shooting foul, then missed a nice “tic-tac-toe” pass from Green via Kevin Durant, but made his own putback.
Curry finally got going after a rough first half, getting a left side banker with the right-hand to drop, a couple free throws, and a left-wing catch-dribble-sidestep-splash, although his foot was on the line, keeping the Warriors up by plenty, 84-55:
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Steph then went “tic-tac-toe” to Draymond and to Andre Iguodala on the right arc, dished to JaVale McGee for a bucket at a rim, and ran down his own shorted jumper for an assist to Klay in the left corner for three more, which gave Golden State a 95-63 lead.
Iguodala hit again from downtown, giving him seven of his last twelve threes made, but after Green got a steal on a deflected Glen Robinson III pass, Iguodala missed, although the shot “toilet-bowled” out.
Later, McGee had a nice give-and-go with Durant, but got fouled on the alley-oop attempt, and Ian Clark came in and missed a corner triple at the buzzer.
The Warriors had a 100-71 lead heading into the final frame.
Q4: Janitorial Work
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr had Shaun Livingston, Clark, Patrick McCaw, Kevon Looney, and David West in to start the fourth quarter for mop-up duty, then brought in James McAdoo for West to close things out.
McCaw hit a triple, and later McAdoo missed a shot, tapped the board to Livingston, who gave an underhanded shovel pass to West for the hoop and the harm, to put the Warriors up, 114-78.
Looney had a nice stretch on the defensive end, blocking a layup attempt by Joe Young, then after a few sequences, Georges Niang deep in the paint, but in transition, Clark’s layup went too strong and Looney couldn’t get high enough to dunk home the miss.
Kerr brought in JaVale McGee to go along with Clark, McCaw, Looney, and McAdoo for the last 3:52.
McCaw slashed through for a layup, McGee got a trackdown block of Niang, another one not biting on Niang’s pump fake, and the Warriors (12-2) destroyed the decimated Pacers with a final score of 120-83.
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